Eli Apple very active on social media while inactive for Giants in Week 14

New York Giants cornerback Eli Apple was inactive for the fourth consecutive game on Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys, and interim head coach Steve Spagnuolo said after the fact it was a direct result of Apple’s lack of practice reps during the week.

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“I talked with Eli. We deactivated him today,” Spagnuolo told reporters. “The decision there was because he just didn’t get enough reps during the week. I talked with him earlier. He’s going to be ready to go next week and hopefully we’re up and running.”

Although Apple may have been inactive for the game, he was very active during it.

On at least three separation occasions, Apple broke the NFL’s social media policy by tweeting during the game. Per the rules, he’s prohibited from using social media 90 minutes prior to kickoff until the postgame locker-room is open.

Apple’s initial tweet was nothing more than emoji, but he also retweeted a comment about Rod Smith, a former Ohio State Buckeye, “icing” the Giants with an 81-yard catch and run that was later deleted, and retweeted a comment about Duke Johnson honoring Ryan Shazier with a touchdown celebration.

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How the Giants choose to handle this situation with Apple remains to be seen, but ever since the “brutally honest film review” under departed head coach Ben McAdoo in which Apple threatened to walk out, there has been a lot of tension between he and the team. And now he’s likely subject to a fine for breaking NFL rules.

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